This election sees the start of a new proportional vote, which is likely to favor a greater diversity of parties in parliament, meaning more negotiations are likely to form a government.
Both chambers of Congress are also now under a new law, stating that neither men nor women can account for more than 60 percent of candidates. This has led to a slew of female candidates, accounting for almost 33 percent in this election.
President Bachelet, of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS), has suffered in the polls after her taxation, labor and education reforms, as well as the decriminalization of abortion, have proved divisive.
Guillier is representing the PS as well as three other left-wing groups. Hoping to overcome Pinera's lead in the polls, he said on Sunday that "the country is giving its opinion and the vote is the key to all democracy in all countries in the world. I hope it is a clean, transparent, very participative day and that what is at play is the good of the country."
For his part, Pinera, upon voting in Santiago, said that "in democracy, all must have the opportunity to freely express their opinion, without resorting to violence."
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